When you attempt to launch SAS Visual Data Builder, you might see the following error.

This error can occur when you click Prepare Data on the home page, or when you access SAS Visual Data Builder directly.

When this problem occurs, the SAS Visual Data Builder log typically contains this error.

2014-05-13 08:54:53,021 [tomcat-http--13] 
ERROR [ST-7311-warIiezeFipiG0ONaubU-cassasdemo] com.sas.bicommon.selfserv.service.MetadataService - 
java.lang.NullPointerException

In addition, the SAS^® Web Application Server log might contain the following content.

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 1, Size: 0
	at java.util.ArrayList.rangeCheck(ArrayList.java:604)
	at java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:382)
	at com.sas.bicommon.selfserv.service.FileUploaderService.getDefaultLocation(FileUploaderService.java:280)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.sas.bicommon.selfserv.service.FileUploaderService.getDefaultLibrary(FileUploaderService.java:268)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)

This problem can occur if the Shared Data/SAS Visual Analytics/Public/LASR metadata folder is not accessible. For example, the folder might be missing, or you might not have permission to read it. To correct the problem, follow these steps:

1. Log on to SAS^® Management Console as an administrative user.
2. Click the Folders tab.
3. Expand Shared Data ► SAS Visual Analytics ► Public.
4. A folder named LASR should be present here. If it is missing, then you must create it.
5. On the Authorization tab for the LASR folder, grant at least ReadMetadata for each user and group who will be using SAS Visual Data Builder.

Note: If the Public folder or the SAS Visual Analytics folder is missing, you must import the missing folder from another environment to ensure that objects within the folder are preserved.

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